Cardiovascular risk communication in primary care
Cardiovascular diseases are the major cause of disease and death. Risk for cardiovascular disease is determined by a combination of lifestyle and genetic factors. General practitioners on a daily basis discuss these risks and the benefits and risks of treatment or care with their patients. In such risk communication the role of the general practitioner is to help the patient make a well informed decision.
Aims
The aim of the project is to study cardiovascular risk communication in primary care. The main focus is on how general practitioners value and communicate lifestyle as well as genetic risk factors. The first part of the project is a qualitative study, focus group interviews with Swedish general practitioners, with the aim of gaining knowledge of their experience and strategies for communicating cardiovascular risk in every day consultations. The second part of the project is a discrete choice experiment (DCE). Based on the results of the focus group interviews scenarios, attributes and levels for the DCE will be developed.
About the project
This PhD Project started in 2012 and is funded by the Uppsala County Council (Primärvården, Landstinget i Uppsala län).
Contact
- Mats G. Hansson, Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Supervisors
- Sofia Lavén, MD, PhD Student
- Karin Björkegren, MD, PhD, Senior lecturer, Family medicine and Preventive medicine, Department of Public Health and Caring Sciences
Riskinformation
Vi använder nya metoder för att undersöka hur människor värderar risker.
Klinisk etik
Vi forskar om hälso- och sjukvården och de människor som befinner sig där: både de som arbetar där och patienterna.
Att inte återuppliva patienter med hjärtstopp
Mona Pettersson undersökte kliniska och etiska perspektiv på beslut att avstå från att återuppliva patienter inom onkologisk och hematologisk vård efter ett hjärtstopp (Ej-HLR).